QT 14/04/2024 Sunday READ John 7. "Come to me & drink. 到我这里来喝"

QT 14/04/2024 Sunday READ John 7. "Come to me & drink."
http://www.esvbible.org/john7

John wrote to testify to readers, both Jews and Gentiles, that "Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name" (John 20:31).

In John 7, this testimony continued. "He is a good man" (John 7:12), "this man has learning" (John 7:15), "many people believed in him" (John 7:31). His "signs" were more than sufficient to prove that He was the Messiah. "This really is the Prophet" (John 7:40) and "the Christ" (John 7:41).

Even the attempts of Jesus' opponents to ridicule His birth place as not being from Bethlehem (John 7:41-43) worked in Jesus' favour because He was indeed from Bethlehem and "the offspring of David" (John 7:42).

Nevertheless, many opposed Jesus, especially those who knew the Scripture and ran the temple and its festivals. Even His own brothers did not believe Him (John 7:5).

In the end, the ones who would accept Him would be those who are willing to "come to me and drink" (John 7:37). Regardless of a person's background, all are invited to enter into a trusting relationship with Jesus Christ.

This did not merely involve the intellect, which is NOT sufficient for any intimate relationship, but involved your whole person; not only being a bystander "audience", but participation on stage as "actor" instead, to witness to the beauty of the whole script of God's offer of True Water for humankind.

星期日 2024年4月14日 今日读经：约翰福音7章
http://m.bbintl.org/bible/ncv/Jhn/7/
到我这里来喝

约翰为要作见证，向犹太人和外邦人写道，“但把这些事记下来，是要你们信耶稣是基督，是　神的儿子，并且使你们信了，可以因他的名得生命”(约20:31)。

在约翰福音7章，这个见证继续存在。“他是好人”(约7:12)，“这个人没有学过，怎会通晓经书呢？”(约7:15)，“群众中有许多人信了他”(约7:31)。祂的“神迹”足以证明祂就是弥赛亚。“这真是‘那位先知’”(约7:40)和“基督”(约7:41)。

尽管反对耶稣的人嘲笑祂，说祂的出生地不是在伯利恒(约7:41-43)，但却一点也起不了作用，因为耶稣确实是从伯利恒而来，祂也是“大卫的后裔”(约7:42)。

但尽管如此，还是有很多人反对耶稣，尤其是那些懂得经文、管理圣殿和节日的人。就连他的弟弟也不信他(约7:5)。

到最后，那些肯接受祂的将是那些愿意“到我这里来喝”的人(约7:37)。无论背景如何，每一个人都被邀请与耶稣基督进入一个信心的关系。

这不光是聪明智慧就能办到的，这对于任何亲密的关系都是不够的，它需要的是你的全人；不光是站在一旁观看的“观众”，而是一同在台上演出的“演员”；来见证神所写的关于赐活水给人类的剧本。